Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-01
Government Lands.

u oEe h 4Cf. .A--t t-tiA- Ns~~ kouses for people Thc live n !ndianA D. Ili,nCis sud CliO. ilis arises ffoIn .ne fact thsi Ieoplo e.Ss ETe not ISfcrneu in tho iaad lGE5, and .hInk thRs all tnEt IS ne oesssry ID taking claims IS Tor 'he papers io be filed by n agent. and then they can pay out o1 the land She same as though ths purchase Was rom private iBtividua-s.
 Any person except soldiers and sol diers heirs must u ske affidavit that they a-o acquainted with the land they are entering, and a.so make affidavit that '" ths best Of their klOwledge ;bere IS ho on the sane.
 PREPARATIONS.
 Section l76 says that every person being the head of family. widow or single person over the sge of tWenty-ohe and citizen of the United States, or having filed declaration of intention 10 become such, as required by tne natural Ization laws. vho has made or hereafter makes a SETTLEMENT IS PERSON On the public lands subject to pre-emPiIon, ana who inhsblts and improves the same ana who has erected 6 dwelling thereon IT tc enter with the register O. the United States land office for the dis trlcs in which the land hes, by legal sub any number Of acres not ex- e.edinR one hundred sud siIty acres or A au6rter section of land to include the Of such clEic,ai.t upon paying the United States mInimuIn Prlce ot such land. No person who Id She Iro- pfietor ct thfee hundred and twenty acres can pre-empt land. No person gho quits or absndons his own land to reside Gn pubhc land in the same state or territory can pre-empt. Persons can however, take homesteeds and timber claims whether he has tie three hundred and twenty acres or not; neither does the law prohibit his taking a homestead when he has left residence on bis own land. The above only refers to pre- emptioDs.
 Ths first requirement. in taxing g pre- emotion is to select the quarter section !ssifed, and ascertain from the Land Office record that it IS vacant and sub feet to entry. He must then make some improve msnts. Not stick up stakes, tut make some substGntial improve menss. and then within ninety days file 8 declGratory statement for the land ID the local land office, the fees for winch are three doilsrs. A residence must be established on the land when the imp-ov- nents are frs: begun, and R continuous residence IS obligatory.
 After a continuous residence upon a pre- emption' for six months settlement can be proven and tte government price being paid, there will be final receipt isrued tO the pre-emptcr; but m case either does not desire to make final proof at the end of six months, he has q irty three molths from the time he nsie settlement.
 HOMESTEAD
 Entries must be made n person. ususlly before the Register of the local Land Ofiice and the entry fees GIe sixteen dollars. Tne requIE, ments of the home stead law are about the same & those of the pre-eup.ion, except that residence can be establlshl 1 within SIX months after making fling; but hOmesteads are subject 60 conte>ts II settlers isil tO ge. 0n She land inside of siL months after entry. HomesteGds may be proved up in SIX monihs and paid out OF, She same as pre-emptiOrs, but esn be proved up in SIX years without paying. In making siral proof the settler Hili 6s required 70 give tue HGnbsr Of times he OF she bGs been absent from the claim, where vent, and for what thcy rent, and are questioned regarding tee amount of i'm prOvements thsy have. is 70 the judgment or he Register aud Recover the iaw has Dot been complied with tLey will not is- ue 6 final receipt.
 TIMBER OLAI15
 Do not require residence. Timber claims must be entered ty personal sp- pics,ion sworn to vItE;n :he land dis trIcs where the land is sI,uet@d, before some officer having ass-. and author ,zed Co administer ogtb. Claimant must have five acres broken the first year, the second year must have i've ac -es broken and .uIatIva:e the first breaking. the thiTd yCar uuss pGt trees, seeds or cuttings in tae first five acres aud cUltl- vata the sec"nd tive; the fourth year must set cut the second five acres in trees, tree seed, or tree cuttings. II in eizh. years there ere slx thousand seven hundred and fifty growing trees on the tract, claimant cBc make final proof and secure a patent Government fees in timber culture claims are fourteen dol lars fo: cntsy and lea dollars for tiual prcor.
 All duties required by She timber orl- ture laws maj Ue dC5o by others except the sotsy aud fEal pTCo'; uo. is be Ur she required to reside near the laui bat will slwRys bo expected to comply with tbe law in regard to impTovem ents.
 Tberc k no fixed amount of improve nents required ip homestead or pre- emption law, residence and cultivation in gcci faiih as Q home aud 8 farm to She claimants cest ability is held to be the Teduiremers of the law.
 SOLDIERS HosIEsTEADs.
 Soldiers vino segved In the United States army for ninety days and were hoDoTably discharged and have lived loyal to the government can file declaT- st0.y slstallo.gs on one hundred an6 sixiy sores ot vacant land, by an gent through tEs FoEar of attorney ID . form pIescribed 5y law. This power cin he cItcGtsi D. fore notary public si.y waerC io .ke United States, and .rs- 5r s'I-- g-iia s.s sgent who will se- q cs i.s gug-ier -aciIoU os land and file ll Y fo= ;tu ra!5Iss- This filing will Lis.;Gsciy holI ,sa land for six months without taC Igsii--S- oi claimant Es th5 end 9. g @ Ic1u,Es the so,dlsr must b.g;a 9esIL1gcs and make snosber fling, ;biiel lno final eusry, ct which tirae sc pays & fs. ;Gc same ss in home s,Csc c.ses Soi.3e.s ste compelled tO liy5 st les; cEs gear o2 their claims, l 5u; tney csu deduct tSc:- Forvice Es c | soldier from the five years required by l the common homestead -,nG thus get their | patent in shorter tine than he who has I oot served his country as soldier | SOl3iers widows are entitled to use ,he | ieos ased husbands service while in the | v ar, to assist her in proving up 0 claim, lnd if She widow IS dead. then one of | the minor heirs can use the fight: but Is must be done through the guardian of .he cnild. Widows and orphans of sol 1iers will not be required to cultivate ,he land or .o personally do the work ont Can cause the same to Dc done by others capable to do practical farming. Good faith and cultivation to the best of he ability ciclaimsnt is all that the law requires.
 The above will show those in the eas. who do not understand she law govern n9 the public domains that it is impos- 'ible for them to acquire land in this